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It’s a Team Sport — Or is it?

by Deb Seymour ~ July 14, 2022 Someone remarked to me last week that “baseball isn’t like hockey or basketball or football or soccer, which are team sports.” Baseball, the claim went, “is an individual sport because pitchers pitch individually, players take at-bats individually, and all of them make a lot of the plays inContinue reading “It’s a Team Sport — Or is it?”

The Yankees: Big Payroll, Not Enough Superstars?

by Deb Seymour ~ March 23, 2022 If you were asked to name the most sabermetrics-driven team in Major League Baseball, you’d probably say it’s either the Oakland Athletics or the Tampa Bay Rays. The former team had a book and movie dedicated to their use of the art and science of sabermetrics; the latterContinue reading “The Yankees: Big Payroll, Not Enough Superstars?”

It’s Gold Glove Season: Who Were the Top 2021 MLB Fielders (and How Does That Get Decided)?

by Deb Seymour ~ October 29, 2021 Back in 1999, a controversial gold glove for best defensive first baseman in the American League was awarded to All-Star Texas Ranger Rafael Palmeiro, who had played a grand total of 28 games at first base that year. He’d also been the designated hitter in 128 games forContinue reading “It’s Gold Glove Season: Who Were the Top 2021 MLB Fielders (and How Does That Get Decided)?”